Category: Myanmar
Return of Myanmar’s smiling turtle is reason to be cheerful
The Burmese roofed turtle was once down to a few individuals in the wild but captive breeding has been a runaway success
Myanmar moves step closer to new bids on China-backed belt and road project
Other parties now have been invited to outdo the proposal from the Chinese state-owned engineering giant.
Salween Peace Park: for all living things
The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture.
Jade mine collapses in Myanmar, exposing a lucrative industry with a deadly record
The NLD government has not tried to take on those entrenched interests, and in mining areas, it exercises zero control.
Bridging agricultural livelihoods and energy access
Barriers and opportunities for rice and rice husk value chains in Labutta, Myanmar
The Profit Motive
Myanmar’s ‘Shock Troopers’ of Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing Linked to Jade Mining Disaster that Killed Hundreds
Popular Kachin Party Calls for Abolition of China-Backed Dam in Election Policy Platform
In the ninth point in its manifesto, the party said it would “continue to make efforts to halt the Myitsone Dam forever.”
Myanmar wriggling out of Chinese lair, reduces CMEC commitment
Under the CMEC, which is nearly 1,700-km long, China plans to implement nearly 38 projects in Myanmar, but Myanmar has cleared only nine of these.